"Avatar" has also earned nine Oscar nominations, including in the leading categories of best film and best director, as well as several technical achievement categories.

Believed to be the most expensive motion picture ever made, the film and has now shattered all the major box-office records previously held by "Titanic."

The love story on the doomed cruiseliner took in 1.8 billion dollars over the course of its release worldwide, but by last weekend "Avatar" had already scored 2.05 billion dollars, just seven weeks after it was released.